Wave energy buoys coming

Dam removal 'promising'

Beginning late this summer, one of the most promising and pure acts of environmental restoration the region and the nation have ever seen will get under way here, experts say, in the form of the largest dam removal project in American history.

Saying 'no' to frankenfish

In a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, several members of the House and Senate demanded that the agency stop doing some of the very work it is empowered to do on behalf of Americans: regulate food safety.

Coos Bay tsunami czar

Tribes want lampreys protected

Unlike salmon, which have drawn billions of dollars in government funds to modify dams and restore habitat, the lamprey have gone largely ignored. It's the tribes that still eat them that are driving the effort to bring them back.

Alaska-Russian flights

Pebble company vs. opposition

Mining companies that want to develop a huge copper and gold mine near some of the world's best remaining wild sockeye salmon streams are using the courts in an attempt to silence opposition to the Pebble Mine, an opponent said.

Using salmon from hake boats

The Ocean Companies, including the independent business units of Ocean Gold, Ocean Cold, Ocean Protein and Ocean Express, is pleased to announce a recent agreement forged with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Makah tribe that will allow the company to donate the salmon bycatch it receives from both state and treaty fisheries during the Pacific whiting (hake) season.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

LISA SILENT ABOUT ARNE

Murkowski repeatedly declined to answer any questions about Fuglvog by telephone and email on Tuesday and again Wednesday, including when she learned Fuglvog was under criminal investigation and whether she knew he admitted his crime to federal prosecutors four months ago.

Oregon gillnetters ready for fight

Yukon king escapement met

It appears the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will hold up its end of the bargain by getting enough Yukon River king salmon to the Canada border to satisfy obligations set forth in an international treaty.

B.C. Natives wait on fishery details

Despite their recent victory in the B.C Court of Appeal, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) says five of its nations have yet to engage in talks with the federal government to lay the parameters of an aboriginal commercial fishery.

More on Arne's exit

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday that she had no idea for three months that her fisheries adviser had signed a plea deal with federal prosecutors in which he'd admitted illegal fishing and agreed to nearly a year in federal prison.

Alaska Fisheries Report

One of the most influential men in fisheries policy will be going to prison after admitting to federal fisheries violations. Seafood.com's John Sackton weighs in on the Arne Fuglvog situation. And, will enough kings reach the border to make the Canadians happy? All that, and the pink salmon season looks strong in Southeast and in Kodiak Island waters.

Shell can drill in Arctic

Royal Dutch Shell won conditional U.S. approval for its exploration plan in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, a step toward tapping oil leases bought in 2005 and 2007 in which it has invested more than $3.5 billion.

Record price for Norton Sound crab

Finding a market for slime

Researchers at the University of Alaska's Fishery Industrial Technology Center on Near Island have been hard at work for the last 12 years developing different products and markets for parts of fish that are usually discarded.